Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. — George Osborne
A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values. — Ezra Pound
When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants… — Ayn Rand
Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world. — Feisal Abdul Rauf
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. — Theodore Roosevelt
Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. — William Safire
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. — Friedrich Schiller
In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane… — Bernie Sanders
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned… — Mark Skousen
I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. — Sonia Sotomayor
It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always… — Sonia Sotomayor
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. — Thomas Sowell
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. — Earl Warren
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. — Evelyn Waugh
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. — Daniel Webster
If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians… — Simone Weil
The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. — Alfred North Whitehead
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. — Oscar Wilde
Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. — Howard Zinn
We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour. — Tennessee Williams
Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world. — Marisha Pessl
Cannibals? Who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his… — Herman Melville
White supremacist ideology is based first and foremost on the degradation of black bodies in order to control them. One of the best ways to… — Cornel West
The sight of a child…will arouse certain longings in adult, civilized persons — longings which relate to the unfulfilled desires and needs of those parts… — Carl Jung
Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made personal, merely personal feeling. This is what is the matter with us:… — D. H. Lawrence

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